against so many people? colorado police and the fbi have been all over james holmes apartment today, slowly and carefully since the front door was rigged to trigger a bomb. we re going to live to the apartment building in just a couple of moments. let s go to breanna keeler. don, the worst drought in more than 50 years is crippling farmers in the midwest. half of the states in the region are reported to be in severe to exceptional drought. that s the region that produces about 75% of the nation s corn and soybean crop. the drought is especially hard on livestock. many ranchers having to sell off their herds early. with the focus on the colorado movie massacre, the relentless gun violence in chicago is going almost unnoticed. but in the past 24 hours, 21 people have been shot across the city. three died. police are blaming a gang fight for the latest killing. and in syria, rebels are making slow but steady progress against government forces. that s noticeable especially alo
newsroom. let s get you up to speed now on what s happening here in aurora. a community still in deep shock today. the mayor of aurora talked to reporters a few minutes ago. he s been meeting with victims of yesterday s horrific movie theater shooting. this is the mayor. one of the people i met with this morning at the hospital was somebody who was hit with buckshot in his back, broken rib, punctured lung, broken coar bone. came out his back at the base of his neck. he is doing well right now, believe it or not. that s because he got to the hospital and because the doctors and nurses at the hospital do the best job that they can do. now about the apartment where the suspect, james holmes, lived. police say it was definitely booby trapped, rigged with trip wires and some sort of explosive devices. there is still no all clear from the apartment. ed lavendara is there live for us. i ll talk with him in a minute. 12 people died almost 6 o others injured when the masked man sp
black. a ballistic helmet. a groin protector but when ray kelly talked about protecting new york city theaters during batman, he said this. he had a knife, he had a shotgun. he had ak-47-type assault rifle. and he had a nine millimeter handgun, unknown to us at this time. and a knife in his possession. he also had what is considered a grenade. trace: the commissioner saying red hair, like the joker, and said he was the joker. police would not talk about that because we asked, did he have red hair? they would not talk about it. a second federal source has now confirmed that, in fact, his hair was red. the joker s hair not movie was green but the commissioner alluded to saying something about being the joker. shepard: trace, the
know at least one person was hit inside the adjoining theater. the suspect was dressed all in black. he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector and a groin protector and a gas mask and black tactical gloves. we had over 50 detectives respond to the scene including the 150 to 200 police officers and deputies and over 50 victim advocates to work with family members and all our federal partners are here and we deeply, deeply appreciate their help. we ve asked the community if there are any tips, any observances any witnesses to this event that we vane already contacted that they call our tip line, 303-739-1862. in addition, for those in the community who feel traumatized by this event we
fired one shot into the air and then lowered his weapons and began firing on the crowd there. we learned a few moments ago from the police chief just how well planned this attack seemed to be. he was wearing in addition to what s being described as a bullet proof vest a throat protector, groin protector, a gas mask, a ballistic helmet. it sounds as if he was in full body armor, if you will. his white hyundai parked right outside the back door there according to the police chief just a few moments ago. we re also told that essentially they have two scenes. the theater scene they say they will be processing for some time and a also the scene at the apartment. we are told the apartment is booby-trapped. trip wires. what else can youle tell us about the apartment, jay gray? reporter: two very important points you make. first of all, he was obviously prepared for a fight, and a massive firefight. that didn t happen.